A-Z Challenge: Locations - 2023

[Zita]

Update msg. 40 - now 2/26 :).

[Monica]

Message 90 Updated 2/26

[Amy]

Updated message 82-- 5/26

[Jana]

I'M IN FOR 26!

A ALASKA- THE CALL OF THE WILD - JACK LONDON
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M - Manchester, England (Blink by KL Slater)
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P - POLAND - THE SNOW HARE - PAULA LICHTAROWCZ
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S - ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
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4/26 BOOKS

[Janine]

Update to message 70, 6/20 locations.

B - the Bronx (The First to Die at the End)
H - Hungary (The Inheritance of Shame)
I - Ireland (The Henna Wars)
Q - Quebec (The Lost Hero)
S - Scotland (Thirsty Animals)
V - Vancouver Island (Sea of Tranquility)

[Jana]

message 107 update

I - Israel - Catechism of the Catholic Church

W- Westminster Abbey - The Six Wives of Henry VIII

6/26

[Shelley]

Update to Message 34: 2/13 locations.

[Kylie]

msg 48 updated: 3/18

[Maria]

Updated msg 4

10/26

N:New York - A Dirty Business (Kings of New York #1) 1-13

[Vesi]

I m in for 26! :)

Progress: 2/26

C - Chile : The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
M - Malaysia: The Rice Mother by Rani Manicka

Happy reading to all :)

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Update to Message #11: 13/26

[TCampbell]

Update to Message #42
6/15 Read

D: Delta Quadrant Unworthy READ ★★★★★

[Ashley]

update message #36
2/26

[Laureen]

Update Message #26

P: Poland: The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel

4/22

[Shelley]

Update to Message 34 - 3/13 locations

[Chalmation]

Updated message #6

2/20

[Chrissie]

Update to message #27 - 3/26

[Ashleigh]

Update to #28

3/26

T - Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Things We Do in the Dark

This book spent about 50/50 between Toronto and Seattle, so I went with T.

[Amy]

Updated message 82-- 6/26

[Craig]

Update to Message 64

3/26

C - Clanton, MS (The Reckoning)

[AvE]

For me 26
America
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Ireland
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[Ana]

Update to message #22 - 2/26

[Zita]

Update msg. 40 - 3/26

[Hilary]

P Paris Five French Hens Judy Leigh
W Wembley The Reading List Sara Nisha Adams

3/26 read update to #62

[Maria]

Updated Msg 4

12/26

[Jill]

Please update message 73.

Completed 2/26
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N: Nigeria (The Girl with the Louding Voice by Dare)
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S: Savannah, GA (All the Dangerous Things by Willingham)
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[Kristin]

Update #43: 4/20

O: Old Town from The Graveyard Book (Jan 8)
B: Blackwater Loch from Rock Paper Scissors (Jan 16)

[Greg]

Update to message 41:

C - Cape Cod
Remember Me

3/26

[Karin]

Forgot to mark my spot!
23/26

A - Australia - Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone Feb 5
B - Barcelona - Cathedral of the Sea Jan 5
C - California - The Dust Bowl Orphans Jan 17
D - Delaware - I'll Be Your Blue Sky April 7
E - England - The Patient Jan 9 (when posted)
F - France - Bonjour tristesse Feb 4
G - Georgia - The Downstairs Girl - Feb 7
H - Henan (province in China) - Peony: A Novel of China July
I - India - The Space Between Us April 14
J- Japan - The Housekeeper and the Professor March 14 May 2
K - Kentucky Hannah Coulter May
L - London Corridors of Death Jan 12 (when posted)
M - Minnesota - The Lager Queen of Minnesota Jan 15
N - New Brunswick - Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada's Chinese Restaurants June 11
O - Oxfordshire, England - To Say Nothing of the Dog Jan 24
P - Philadelphia - Love Walked In March
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R - Russia - The Private Life of Spies and The Exquisite Art of Getting Even: Stories of Espionage and Revenge JUly
S - Sweden - In Every Mirror She's Black April 22
T - Turkey - The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax July
U - USA - Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up by Dave Barry Jan 7
V - Vulcan (planet, not the town in Alberta) We Are Legion (We Are Bob) February 2
W - Washington, DC - A Secret Service May
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Z - Zambia - Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
A-Z CHALLENGE: LOCATIONS
Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

This year’s A-Z challenge involves locations, both real and fictional! Boldly Go and visit locations that fit each letter of the alphabet. You may count the first letter of towns or cities, countries, planets, universes, etc. Each book, however, may only be counted once within this challenge.

[Amy]

Updated message 82-- 8/26

[Mary Ellen]

Message #105 updated. 1/20

[TEE]

Pls update Msg 61

2 / 20

A: Antora The Deceiver's Heart
F: Florida Hello, Summer

[Laureen]

Update to # 26:

G: Glasgow, Scotland: Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

6/22

[Tammy]

Update to Message #70

4/15

N: Nashville in The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
O: Ordinary, Oregon in Paper Stars by Devon Monk
E: Eugene, Oregon in Scissor Kisses by Devon Monk

[[deleted user]]

Update message 59

2/26 books

A - Adamsville, Indiana: Now Entering Adamsville
H - Harth, Kingdom of: In Deeper Waters

[=MYSTIQUE=]

Updated message #50

🥀L - Last Waters
- You & Me 1/12/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Progress: 4/26

[Echo]

Message 63 updated: 2 of 26 completed

[Maria]

Updated msg 4

13/26

Q(:QUANTICO)-The Girl in The Woods (Emma Griffin FBI #15) 1-18

[Zita]

Update msg. 40 - 4/26

[Laureen]

Update to Message #26
U: United States: Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

7/22

[Sheila]

Sheila from NC making first post. 9/26.

A-Albuquerque, Deadly Gamble. https://www.goodreads.com/work/121321...
B-Baltimore , Vinegar Girl. https://www.goodreads.com/work/461907...
C- Caspak, The Land that Time Forgot. https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_b...
D-Denver , the Silence Between Us. https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_b...
E- England , Jane and Prudence. https://www.goodreads.com/work/172509...
F-France . Your second life begins when you realize you only have one. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
G- Georgia. Ladies of the Lake. Haywood Smith. https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_b...
H-Hollywood , Fan Fiction. https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_b...
I-India . Thirst. https://www.goodreads.com/work/866867...

[Hilary]

M Merlinville (France) The Murder on the Links Agatha Christie

4/26 read Update to #62

[Chrissie]

Update to message #27 - 4/26

[[deleted user]]

Update Message #59

3/26 books

M - Manhattan, New York Lock Every Door

[Maria]

Update mag 4
14/26

[Ashleigh]

Update to #28

4/26

B - Blackheath House - The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

[TCampbell]

Update to Message #42
7/15 Read


I: Ithaca The People We Keep READ ★★★★★

[Echo]

Message 63 updated: 3 of 26 completed

[Agnieszka]

message 75 updated! 11/23 books read!
It's going much better than I expected, so I'm raising my goal to 23.

C: California: The Thirteenth Santa by Joanne Pence 3* 1/3 - San Francisco, California
E: England: Blue Christmas by Clare Revell 4* 1/11 - St. Morien, Cornwall, England (major setting); Reading, Wokingham & Wadebridge, England; Inverness, Scotland (very minor setting)
H: Gingerbread and Deadly Dread book 1 in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set by Addison Moore 2.5* 1/15 - Honey Hollow, Vermont
K: Kringle: A Perfect Christmas Gift by Lori Wilde 3* 1/2 - Kringle, Texas
L: Louisiana: Louisiana Longshot by Jana Deleon 5* 1/9 - Sinful, Louisiana
N: Netherfield Park: A Very Austen Christmas by Robin M. Helm, Laura Hile, Wendi Sotis & Barbara Cornthwaite 3* 1/11 - Netherfield Park, Rosings Park, Meryton, Thornton Lacey & Mansfield Park, England (two of the novellas are set at Netherfield Park)
O: Ohio: The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club: Book One by Ann Warner 4* 1/7 - Cincinnati, Ohio; Chiago; NYC
S: Silver Lake: Undercover Santa by Wendy Davy 4* 1/4 - Silver Lake, Virginia
U: USA: 365 Days of Gratitude: Photos from a Beautiful World by Catherine Ryan Hyde no rating 1/18 - southwestern USA: mostly California, Arizona & Utah, with a few in Oregon & a couple in Asia (India)
V: Christmas Hideaway by Wendy Davy 3* 1/12 - Virginia Beach & a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains above Silver Lake, Virginia
W: White House/Washington, D.C.: From the Dog Shelter to the White House: The Story of Major Biden by Kalea Martin & Kennedi Rianne 3* 1/4 - Delaware; White House, Washington, D.C.

[Laureen]

Update to Message #26:

O: Oxford University,Oxford: The It Girl by Ruth Ware

8/22